The badges, which they themselves designed, mark them out as a very special part of the Serve On family and, in particular, the Community Resilience Team.

Faye Murrell, Jazz Williams and Matt Evans were handed their patches by Operations Manager Craig Elsdon at the weekly CRT training session, to the enthusiastic approval of other members.

Jazz manning the radio during one of Serve On's deployments to Bath, either side of Christmas, when our teams patrolled the River Avon along with SARAID's Avon CRT as part of the 'Don't Drink And Drown' campaign.

Fellow rookie Ethan Elsdon had already received his.

It's been a remarkable year for our Rookies as they have learned new skills, a sense of purpose and the benefits of volunteering, alongside adult team-mates.

They have played their part at community events, played roles in disaster scenarios.and taken part in deployments.

Jazz and Ethan during a break from helping train first responders in Cebu, Philippines.

Last August Jazz and Ethan travelled with International Response Team members to Cebu, Philippines to help give resilience training to local first responders and delivered earthquake preparedness lessons to 2,354 impoverished ‘scavenger’ children in 13 schools there.

Jazz helping to educate school children in Mandaue City, Philippines.

For all our rookies, their training and involvement has boosted their knowledge, their confidence and their CVs.